Angel (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pagina 1 di 17 Angel (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Angel is an American television series, a spin-off Angel of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999. Like Buffy, it was produced by Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy. The show details the ongoing trials of Angel, a vampire whose human soul was restored to him by gypsies as a punishment for the murder of one of Genre Supernatural drama their own. After more than a century of murder and Comedy-drama the torture of innocents, Angel's restored soul Fantasy torments him with guilt and remorse. During the first four seasons of the show, he works as a Action private detective in a fictionalized version of Los Horror Angeles, California, where he and a variety of Created by Joss Whedon associates work to "help the helpless" and to restore the faith and save the souls of those who David Greenwalt have lost their way.[1] Typically, this involves Starring David Boreanaz Charisma Carpenter Glenn Quinn Alexis Denisof J. August Richards Amy Acker Vincent Kartheiser Andy Hallett James Marsters Mercedes McNab Theme music Darling Violetta composer Composer(s) Christophe Beck Robert J. Kral Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 5 No. of episodes 110 (List of episodes) Production Executive Joss Whedon producer(s) David Greenwalt Tim Minear Jeffrey Bell David Fury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(TV_series) 27/12/2010 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com Angel (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pagina 2 di 17 Running time 42 minutes Broadcast Original channel The WB Original run October 5, 1999 – May 19, 2004 Status Ended Chronology Followed by Angel: After the Fall (comic book) Related shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer doing battle with evil demons or demonically allied humans, primarily related to Wolfram & Hart, a demonic law firm. He also has to battle his own demonic nature. The new show had a darker atmosphere. In three of the four seasons when both shows were in production, Buffy's overall yearly ratings were higher than Angel's.[2] Contents n 1 Production n 1.1 Origins n 1.2 Format n 1.3 Executive producers n 1.4 Writing n 1.5 Music n 1.6 Cancellation n 2 Cast and characters n 2.1 Main characters n 2.2 Recurring characters n 3 Plot synopsis n 3.1 Season one n 3.2 Season two n 3.3 Season three n 3.4 Season four n 3.5 Season five n 4 Setting and themes n 4.1 Setting n 4.2 Format n 4.3 Themes n 5 Reception n 5.1 Critical reviews n 5.2 U.S. ratings n 5.3 Awards and nominations n 6 Spin-offs n 6.1 Expanded universe n 6.2 Undeveloped spin-offs n 6.3 Merchandise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(TV_series) 27/12/2010 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com Angel (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pagina 3 di 17 n 7 DVD releases n 8 International broadcasting n 9 References n 10 External links Production Origins Co-producer Greenwalt points out "there's no denying that Angel grew out of Buffy". Several years before Angel debuted, Joss Whedon developed the concept behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer to invert the Hollywood formula of "the little blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed in every horror movie."[3] The character Angel was first seen in the first episode and became a regular, appearing in the opening credits during seasons 2 and 3. According to the fictional universe first established by Slayer, the 'Buffyverse,'[4] Angel was born in 18th century Ireland; after being turned into a soulless, immortal vampire, he became legendary for his evil acts, until a band of wronged Gypsies punished him by restoring his soul, overwhelming him with guilt. Angel eventually set out on a path of redemption, hoping that he could make up for his past through good deeds. In Buffy's Season Three finale, he leaves Sunnydale for L.A. to continue his atonement without Buffy. Whedon believed that "Angel was the one character who was bigger than life in the same way that Buffy was, a kind of superhero."[5] Whedon has compared the series to its parent, "It's a little bit more straightforward action show and a little bit more of a guys' show."[6] While the central concept behind Buffy was "high school as a horror movie" in small-town America, [7] co-creators David Greenwalt and Whedon were looking to make Angel into a different "gritty, urban show."[8] Whedon explained, "We wanted a much darker show, darker in tone. It's set in Los Angeles because there are a lot of demons in L.A. and a wealth of stories to be told. We also wanted to take the show a little older and have the characters deal with demons in a much different way. Buffy is always the underdog trying to save the world, but Angel is looking for redemption. It's those two things that creatively make the shows different."[9] Whedon and Greenwalt prepared a six-minute promotional video pitch, often called the "Unaired Angel pilot" for the WB Network. [10] Some shots from this short were later used in the opening credits.[10] Early during the life of the series, some effort was made to slightly soften the original concept. For example, scenes were cut from the pilot episode, "City of," in which Angel tasted the blood of a murder victim;[11] the episode that was originally written to be the second episode, "Corrupt" was abandoned altogether. Writer David Fury explained, "The network was shocked. They The title character, Angel, from said 'We can't shoot this. This is way too dark.' We were able to the premiere episode, "City Of". break a new idea, we had to turn it over in three days."[12] Instead, the tone was lightened and the opening episodes established Angel Investigations as an idealistic, shoestring operation. A first draft script reveals that Angel was originally intended to include the character Whistler, played by Max Perlich, who had already been featured in two Buffy episodes, "Becoming, Part One" and "Part Two".[13] In an interview, Perlich said, "I never got called again. If they had called, I would have probably accepted because it was a great experience and I think Joss is very original and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(TV_series) 27/12/2010 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com Angel (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pagina 4 di 17 talented."[14] Instead, the producers created a Whistler-like character, Doyle. Cordelia Chase, also from the original Sunnydale crew, joined Angel and Doyle. Format Much like Buffy, Angel is told in a serialized format, with each episode involving a self-contained story while contributing to a larger storyline. Unlike Buffy, however, the season-long narratives aren't marked by the rise and defeat of a powerful antagonist, commonly referred to as the "Big Bad" in the parent series. Instead, the over-arching story of all five seasons of the series pitted Angel as the central player in a battle between the "good" Powers That Be and the "evil" law firm Wolfram & Hart and his possible role in a prophesied apocalypse. It mixes the complex, series-long storyline along with more stand-alone, villain-of-the-week episodes. The show blends different genres, including horror, martial arts, romance, melodrama, science fiction, farce, detective fiction, and comedy, where the protagonists regularly use a mix of physical combat, magic, and detective-style investigation to combat both human and supernatural evils. Executive producers Joss Whedon is credited as executive producer throughout the run of the series.[15] Alongside Angel, he was also working on a series of other projects such as Buffy, Fray, Astonishing X-Men and Firefly, which would later also lead to the film Serenity.[15] For the first three seasons, David Greenwalt, who co-created the series with Whedon, was also credited as executive producer;[16] during this time, he also took on the role of show runner. He left to oversee Miracles, but continued to work on Angel as a consulting producer for the final two seasons. Tim Minear also served as an executive producer during the second season, contributing heavily to the season's story arc. At the start of the fourth season, David Simkins was made show runner and executive producer, but after three months, he left the show due to "creative differences" and is not credited in any episodes.[17] Established Angel writer Jeffrey Bell took over for the balance of season 4 and became executive producer for season 5. After Buffy concluded, writer David Fury joined the staff as executive producer for the final season. Fran Rubel Kuzui and her husband, Kaz Kuzui, were also credited as executive producers throughout Angel,[18] but were not involved in any writing or production for the show. Jeffrey Bell mentions in his DVD commentary during the closing credits of the Angel series finale "Not Fade Away" that two people were credited and paid for Angel without needing to ever step on the set.[19] Angel crew member Dan Kerns also revealed in an essay that two executive producers "received credit and sizeable checks for the duration of Buffy and Angel for doing absolutely nothing".[20] Their credit, rights and royalties for the whole Buffy franchise, which includes spin-off Angel, relate to their funding, producing and directing of the original movie version of Buffy.[21] Writing Script-writing was done by Mutant Enemy, a production company created by Joss Whedon in 1997.